Garment receptacle and hanger.



I. H. LYONS d; R. J. GRUENBERG.

GARMENT RECBRTAGLE AND HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..5, 1912.

ll. Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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GARMENT RBGBPTAGLE AND HANGER.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 5, 1912.

1,084,21 6. Patented Jan. 13, 1914,

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.'

IIWING H. LYoNs AND Raoul. J. CEUENBEne, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, s-

SIGNORS, BY IIOIREC'I` AND MESNE ASSI FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. l

GNMENTS, TOSANFORD F. WALTER, 0F SAN GARMENT RECEPTACLE 4ANI) HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

i Patented'J an."`^1-3, 1914.

Application led April 5, 1912. Serial No. 688,650.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, IRvINo H. Lyons and RAOUL J. GRUENBERG, citizens of the United States, residing :it Sanv Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Garment Receptacle and Hanger, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the,same.

This invention relates to a garment receptacle and hanger therefor, the object of which is to supply stores with a suitable receptacle for sending home clothing without unduly Wrinklin the same.

It will be un erstood by those skilled in the art that the ordinary -Xsuit case folding box is of such sizel that it is necessary to fold-coats, skirts, shirt waists, etc., several times to get them into the box. This folding necessarily ywrinkles the clothing and it is disadvantageous in several Ways. With this invention the box is madevof such size as -to enable all ordinary sized coats to be placed in the box and suspended upon a hanger secured theretowith but a single fold in the garment, this fold being at such a place as-to be the least injurious to the appearance thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger for the box which will be lcapable of being folded flat in substantially the same way as the remaining box. v

Another object of the invention is to provide the garment holder with' an opening therethrough for the support of a pair of trousers or some other garment as may be desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger of such size as to prevent the garments placed 'thereon from being crum led up in the box if ythe box is turned up si e down or onits side.

Otherobjects of the invention will appear as the descriptionn proceeds.

lift will be understood bythose skilled in the art that to make a vsuccessful box of this parts of the character, ,it should be possible to ship the corner lock 7.

but Where these objects are nota requisite the boxes may be shipped set up.

therein, Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the v suit box showing the two handles used therewith, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the box and hanger showin a coat on the hanger and illustrating in otted lines the position of'a pair of trousers within the coat,Fig. 4: is an elevational view of the edge of the box With the coat on the hanger, Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5-5 ofi Fig. l, looking Ain the direction of the arrow, Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a slightly modified' form of box and hanger in which the handle forms a part of the hanger, Fig. 7 is a view in section of the edge of the box shown in Fig. 6, Fig. 8 is a View inelevation of the cover used with both preceding forms of the invention, Fig. 9;is a View in section of the cover shown in Fig; 8, Fig. 10 is a View in elevation of a third modified form ofltheinvention in which the handle forms a part of the hanger and in connection with which a cover Without a lhandle may 'be used, Fig. 11 is an edge view in section vof the hanger and box shown in Fig. 10, Fig. 12 is' a perspective view of the hanger and box shown in Fig. 1 with the hanger turned back to show the manner of attachmentto the box, Fig. 13 is a view of the box shown in Fig. 10 when fiat, and Fi 14 is an edge view of the box shown in Igig. 13.

The numeral 1 represents the bottom of the box which in this instance is made substantialiy square, or at least large enough in its greatest horizontal dimension to receive a coatv upon the hanger 2 Without undue folding. This box has the ordinary side members 3, 4, 5, and 6, which side members are secured at the corners b any well known method of fastening, as or example, the The box and the Cover 8 are each provided with a handle 9. This handle is inserted through the slit in the edge of the box or cover as the case may be -and it has a portion 10 securedto the sidemember and a port-ion 11 secured to the back-member 1 of the box or cover as the case may be.

55' ment' being supported upon `'Depending within the box isa garment hanger 2, which is large enough to adequately support the desired garment and to prevent itv from shifting around within the gl box should the box be turned from one edge to the other edge. This garment hanger is provided with shoulders 2, preferably rounded to `conform to a garment and has an opening 13 therein for the support of smaller garments and it is secured to the box .side-member in any suitable manner.

' The hanger lies flat against the bottom-member of the box when in the knock-down condition and when tfolded the tang 14 is 15 creased so that -the hanger will depend centrally between the top andbottom walls of the' box.

' In use the box is made ofisuchsiz'e as will conveniently hold a coat without olding across the shoulders, the tail of the coat be- .ing folded up once in the'bottom'of the box.- l- The smaller. garments such as trousers or i fanyi otherpieces may be passed through the yopening in the coat hanger and hungthereon with a minimumfoldi g.

lIt will vbe apparent that the 'box and holder may be made in several forms, one

modification of which is shown in Figs. 6

and 7. In this form of the'inventionthe 3'0 box has a slot vat 21 and the hanger 17 and handle 20 are made of one piece, a flap 22 beingpunched out of the part 19 which is secured to the edge of the box. The flap is secured tothe side of the box and serves to 85 strengthen the connection therewith of the handle. With this form of box-,the cover shown in Fig. Sis used an'd the latter forms the adjoin' handle for the urp'ose of carrying the ox from place to p ace.

40 Still another modification of the invention is shown in Figs. 10 and 11. Ina this form of 'the invention the box is shown at 24 and the garment hanger at 25, said garment hanger having an openin 26. therethrough,

` the same -as in the other orms. At the up- Y per end this. garment holder has'a handle'27 formed therein and this Vhandle is passed straight through a slit 28 inthe 'upper edge ofthe box, two` tabs 29 and 30 being cutout of theholder and secured to said box edge.

With respect to this form of they invention,

' it will be observed that the only weight carriedfby thetabs 29 and 30 is the weight of the box itself, all of the weight of the garwhich is .directly in line with the handle. With this form of the invention but a single handleis necessary and any plain cover may be' used in connection therewith.` Another advantagev gained with this box is that Ywhile addin to it a garment holder, the ability to shipv t e box fiat is not lost, the form thereof being shown in Figs. 13 and 14:.4 f

Another advantage of this invention lies in f aotjhat the garments may be hung the hanger' upfin the box afterl their. delivery without creasing the same by simply opening the bottom of the box,I the folded p ortion of the garment being allowed to drop down out of the box. The box will thus prevent the up- `1n only one Way.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desireto secure by Let- 'nsy ters Patent of the United States, is asA follows L ,A garment receptac l e,` comprising a box, and a garment hangerihaving a tongue or projection at one end. secured to an intermediate .part of one side-member of the box and depending freely therefrom, said tongue having a crease orv transverse line of lexure to permit'the-hanger to be swung outwardly from the box to receive `a garment and then swung inwardly into an intermedlate position within the box.

2. In -a garment package, the combinamember jointed with the box-side, of a pendulous garment-form having at one end a narrowed extension connected by a bending-joint with said edge-member at a distancevfrom and substantially parallel with the said box-side, the pendulous member be.

ing folded down agalnst the ed -member and box-side when the box is uiigdlded into a flat form, and being spaced away from said edge-member *and slde-member when the box is folded, thereby forming a gar ment-'receiving space between the box-side and the pendulous member. Y

3. A garment rece tacle, comprising a knock-down or foldab e box,

body and a tongue or projection at one end secured to an intermediate part of vone sidemember of said box, whereby the han r rou loisV and a; garment 'hanger having a substantially rectangula` will occupy an intermediate. osition w en A the box is lded and-will lie at against the back member when the boxis unfolded.

4. In a garment package, the combination with a foldable box having an edge-member jointed with the box-side, lan' anglejreinforce comprising plate-form parts connected by a bending-jointsaid parts bejngsecured respectively to said edge-member and to said box-side respectivel at the joint therebetween, Yof. a pend ous garment-form hav-v ing at'one end a narrowedextension conv nected to said reinforce by a bending-joint"` with said edge-memberi at at'distance 'from and substantially parallel with the said boxfifi 95 i tion with a foldable box having an edgeside, the pendnlons member being folded down against the edge-member and boxside when the box is unfolded into a flat form, and being spaced away from both said edge-meniber and side-member when the box is folded, thereby forming a garment-receiving space between the box-side and the pendulous member.

5. A garmentreceptacle, comprising a box, a garment hanger secured to an intermediate part of one side-member of the box and supported therefrom, and having a portion projecting through a slot in said sidemen-lber and provided with an opening toform a handle.V p

6. A combined garment hanger and boxinclosure therefor, which consists of a sheet of cardboard cut to provide a handle portion and garimnt-supporting shoulder portions, anda box having a slit in one side to pass the handle, and means on the hanger to support the box without allowing the -box to rest on the garment which may be supported on the hanger.

7 In a package for garments, the. combination with a box and a cover therefor, formed with a slot in one of its ends, of a garment hanger formed of sheet material, a handle on saidv hanger adapted to extend through the slot in the -box, and shoulders on said handle to support the box thereon.

8. In a package for garments, the combination of a garment hanger formed of sheet material with rounded upper corners and a longitudinal slot therein, an upwardly extending portion on said sheet perforated to forni av handheld, lateral projections on said upwardly extending portlon forming shoulders, anda box like receptacle for the hanger formed with a slot to receive the handle portion thereon and against the underside of the end walls of which the shoulders abut to support the receptacle.

9. ln a package for garments, the combination of a garment hanger formed of sheet material with rounded upper corners anda longitudinal slot therein, an upwardly extending port-ion on said sheet perforated to form a handheld, lateral rejections on said ipwardly extending portion forming shoulders, a box like receptacle for the hanger formed with a slot to receive the handle portion thereon and against the underside of the end walls of which the shoulders abut to support the receptacle, and means for connecting the Yhandle portion to the box to prevent its' removal therefrom.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands this th dayiof March A. D. 1912, in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

IRVING H. LYONS. RAOUL J.l GRUENBERG. Witnesses:

C. P.' GRIFFIN, LoUIs A. LYoNs. 

